A 40 YEAR-OLD SANTA CRUZAN WAS KILLED IN A KAYAKING ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND. REPORTEDLY, THE KAYAK FLIPPED OVER WHILE THE KAYAKER WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE CARMEL RIVER.

ALTHOUGH 2 FISHERMEN WERE RESCUED YESTERDAY, THEIR BOAT SANK. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF POINT PINOS. MEMBERS OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUED THE 2, AND BROUGHT THEM INTO THE MONTEREY HARBOR.

A 74 YEAR-OLD CHUALAR MAN WAS KILLED, AND A 43 YEAR-OLD SOLEDAD MAN WAS INJURED, IN A FRIDAY EVENING CRASH ON FOLETTA ROAD NEAR CHUALAR RIVER ROAD IN MONTEREY COUNTY. THE 2-VEHICLE CRASH OCCURRED AROUND 6 P.M. THE 74 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION IS TRYING TO TRAP ABOUT 100 REMAINING WILD PIGS, CAUSING TROUBLE ALONG THE CARMEL COAST. PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS STARTED TRAPPING ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND SO FAR THEY CAUGHT ABOUT 50 WILD PIGS ON ODELLO RANCHLAND. THE 134-ACRE FORMER ARTICHOKE RANCH IS BEING REPLANTED WITH NATIVE VEGETATION. AS SOON AS WILLOW TREES AND OTHER PLANTS WERE PUT INTO THE GROUND, THE FERAL PIGS UPROOT AND EAT EVERYTHING. THE WILD PIGS ARE A NON-NATIVE SPECIES, MANY OF THEM DESCENDED FROM RUSSIAN WILD BOARS. THE ANIMAL WAS INTRODUCED AT RANCHO SAN CARLOS SOUTH OF CARMEL VALLEY. BREEDING WITH FERAL DOMESTIC PIGS, THE ANIMALS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS CALIFORNIA.